Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14468854 - Employee crushed and killed by falling tree

Accident Summary Nr: 14468854 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 01/12/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
904482	01/14/1987	1794	0	Indiana Tri-County Excavating

Abstract: Employee #1 was a brusher with a crew that was clearing a gas line right-of-way through a wooded area. He cut a tree at its base but it did not fall. It remained upright, held by its branches that were caught in the surrounding trees. Employee #1 walked 20 feet to cut a log protruding from a brush pile. While he was making the second cut, the wind blew the first tree over on him. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: HIGH WIND, TREE FELLING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, LODGED TREE, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	904482			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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